High achooler Dan Allen wins two service academy appointments
Dan Allen grandson of Mr and Mrs Earl Allen of Childress earns appointments to West Point and the Air Force Academy as a full scholarship based on athletics activities and leadership while a 1973 Slaton High School graduate. He will depart July 2 for cadet training at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
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Dan Allen
Earl Allen
Childress
West Point
Air Force Academy
Emmett Allen
Wright-Patterson Afb
Ohio
Colorado Springs
Slaton High School
Texas
Local visits and family travel noted across several towns
Locals report varying visits and travels including Pete Hudson facing Temple surgery plans, Smackover Ark residents fishing at Possum Kingdom, Elaine Burns visiting in the Seal home, and extended trips by families to Oklahoma City Austin and Denton. An important meeting of Girl Scout leaders is slated for Tuesday at 7 30 p.m.
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O. E. Seal
Cal Burnett
Bill
Tim
Smackover
Ark
Possum Kingdom
D. D. Seal
Eula Seal
Cee Wee
Burnett
Elaine Burns
Paducah
Girl Scout House
Economic Turmoil Deepens as Markets Drop Worldwide
Nixon last July. In other economic developments, the stock market continued its plunge and the dollar dropped to a record low in West Germany and weakened throughout Europe. On the Chicago Board of Trade, prices continued to drop sharply due to buyers speculating on future farm prices and broker uncertainties as the 60 day control period nears expiry.
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West Germany
Europe
Chicago Board of Trade
Bulldozer Strands County Road as Sheriff Reports River Hit
The Cimarron River lies about two miles into Kansas where a county owned bulldozer hit it while crossing a county road. Nutter was found on the river bank with his head in his hands and no charges have been filed.
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Cimarron River
Kansas
Nutter
Weather dispatch notes Texas cloud cover and clearing trend
A weather briefing describes low clouds lingering in South Central and Southeast Texas while Northwest Texas and other areas see dissipation. The rest of the state reports mostly clear skies as dawn approaches.
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Texas
Astronauts rehearse undocking after 28 days in space
Astronauts planned to rehearse procedures for undocking and return to earth next Friday following a record 28 days in space. A solar flare triggered an alarm in the telescope system as Weitz relayed imagery during peak radiation, while scientists described the flare as medium but highly energetic.
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Earth
Weitz
E. M. Reeves
Harvard College Observatory
Watergate and Other U.S. Developments Across Nation
Senate committee lawyers will meet with John W. Dean III to prepare for his appearance before the panel next week. Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell says he will defend himself but waits for a suitable forum. Haldeman disputes Magruder's testimony about the coverup. In Berkeley, a police sergeant was killed and hostages held during a home invasion. In Texas, Farm Bureau head reacts to Nixon price freezes, warning of potential shortages. Sandia Peak Tramway resumes service after rescue of 42. Texas energy, traffic deaths rise, and Roy Chapin Jr. to keynote Texas Good Roads meeting.
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Mitchell
G. Gordon Liddy
Democratic Party
Senate
Senate Committee
New York
Washington
Cacher
John J. Wilson
Nixon
H. R. Haldeman
Magruder
Haldeman
Bethesda
Rep
C. C. Fisher
Capitol
Fisher
Congress
Texas
Las Vegas
Bob Price
Price
White House
John W. Dean III
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Jeb Stuart Magruder
George
Waco
Tex
Texas Farm Bureau
J. T. Woodson
Albuqueeque
N.M
Sandia Peak
Albuquerque
Austin, Tex
Roy D. Chapin Jr
American Motors Corp
Texas Good Roads Association
Chapin
National Highway Users Conference For Safety and Mobility
Tampa man sentenced for bogus campaign letter
Hearing, 40, of Tampa, Florida, received a one year sentence for distributing a fake campaign letter accusing two Democratic presidential hopefuls of sexual misconduct. ERVIN said he is inclined to believe Magruder's story, but Mitchell can tell us if the case continues.
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Haldeman
Wilson
Magruder
Nixon
Pekin
Ill
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D. N.C
Watergate Committee
Chicago
Mitchell
Tampa
Fla
George Hearing
Donald Segretti
Los Angles
Ervin
Senate Committee
Geologists Outline Pleistocene Land Bridge Then Dover Strait Formed
United Geologists theorize the English Channel was a gulf in the Pleistocene era with England connected to Europe by a land bridge. The sea breached the bridge about 10,000 years ago, creating the Strait of Dover.
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English Channel
England
Europe
Strait of
Dover
Lincoln Center to Present Largest Recital Series
Lincoln Center unveils its broadest recital program in nine years with 15 concerts plus a three part Bach cycle at Alice Tully Hall. Highlights include Ye Vid Menuhin with Ravi Shankar, Pavarotti and Jessye Norman debuts, and performances by Sills Ludwig Lear Stewart Watts Entremont Arrau Argerich and de Larrocha with ensembles the Gurneri Quartet English Chamber Orchestra Brandenburg Ensemble. A second subscription strand focuses on pop rock and folk.
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New York
Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
Yeudi Menuhin
Ravi Shankar
Philharmonic Hall
Luciano Pavarotti
Jessye Norman
Guarneri
English Chamber Orchestra
Brandenburg Ensemble
Beverly Sills
Christa Ludwig
Evelyn Lear
Thomas Stewart
Abolitionist Publisher William Lloyd Garrison Ships Liberator in 1831
The World Almanac notes William Lloyd Garrison began publishing the Liberator in Boston on January 1, 1831. He authored editorials calling for immediate abolition of slavery and denouncing slaveholding as a crime.
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William Lloyd Garrison
Liberator
Boston
Garrison
The
United States
Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative Receives $437,000 REA Loan
U S Senator John Tower announced the Rural Electrification Administration approved a $437000 loan to the Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative Inc in Vernon. The funds will add 468 subscribers, replace toll facilities, build 64 miles of line and finance direct distance dialing across 11 exchanges and system improvements. The cooperative serves nine Texas counties Wilbarger Childress Clay Cottle Foard Hardeman Knox Motley Wichita and two Oklahoma counties Cotton Jackson.
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Austin
U.S
John Tower
U. S. Rural Electrification Administration
Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative, Inc
Vernon
Texas
Wilbarger, Childress
Clay, Cottle
Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Motley
Wichita
Oklahoma Counties of
Cotton and
Jackson
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Hilda Coronado
Grady Manuel
Victor Willingham
Christie Barfield
Pearl Snodgrass
Ada Fite
Joe C. Crain
Violet Hardin
Mike Campsey
Needle Kindle
Panhandle
Wink
Cotulla
Midland
Galveston
Olin E. Tiger Teague
College Station
Teague
Childress Jaycees
Childress Volunteer Firemen
Pete Hudson
Temple
Frank English
John Ed and
Bradley
Bruce Patterson
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Waldron
Waxahachie
Refugio
Leah and
Lance Johnson
Mrs
Eddie Johnson
Gene Merrifield
Mike Reeves
Phillip Tutor
Jack Tutor
Gene Keys
Dennis Haddon and
Kelly
Ralph Sides
Nolan Haddon
Tammy McNutt
Aspermont
Matt and
Brian Harple
Denton
Britt Harthcock
San Marcos
Leroy Garrison
Girl Scout
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Volues
Watergate
Berkeley
Calif
James Rutledge
Tramway Company
Robert Nordhaus
National Energy Policy Committee
John J. McKetta
University of Texas At Austin
House Energy Crisis Committee
Jon Newton
Beeville
Department of Public Safety
Once United
Santa Rosa
Chasera
Wakefield
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